Paper-roll holder and cutter



(N0 Model.)

W S REYNOLDS PAPERROLL HOLDER AND CUTTER.

No. 414,823; Patented Nov. 12, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E WALTER S REYNOLDS, CLAYTON, DELAWARE.

PAPER-ROLL HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,823, dated November12, 1889.

Application filed April 19, 1889. Serial No. 307,752. (No model.)

To all 1071 0710 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER S. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Clayton, in the county of Kent and State of Delaware, haveinvented a new and useful Paper-Roll Holder and Cutter, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates, to improvements in paper-roll holders and cutters;and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of awrapping-paper holder embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thepaper-holding rack.

I11 carrying out my invention I employ a case A, which is provided withan open front, as shown, and has its bottom extended slightly beyond itstop, so as to provide the shelf I3, on which the ends of thewrappingpaper are supported. The paper-holding rack (J is of proper sizeto fit within the easing, and is adapted to slide therein. The rackconsists of the side bars D D and the cross-bar E, connecting the frontends of the side bars, and a series of rollers F G, journaled in theside bars and extending between the same. The rollers are arranged intwo series, as clearly shown, and the rolls of wrapping-paper aremounted on the upper rollers F, and the ends of the rolls ofwrapping-paper are passed in rear of the lower rollers G and aroundunder the same and then through the front of the casing.

At the front end of the rack C, I provide the paper-cutter H,consisting-of the knife I, extending acrossthe front of the rack andpivotally secured thereto by means of the arms J, as clearly shown.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided avery simple device in which rolls of wrapping-paper of different sizescan be conveniently arranged in a small space, and which will permitready access to the paper when it is desired to use the same. Theseveral rolls of paper are mounted on the upper rollers F in the rack,and the ends of the paper are then passed around the lower rollers G, asdescribed and shown, and the rack is then pushed into the casing, so asto be secured therein. The ends of the paper are left projecting beyondthe front of the rack, so that the width of the several strips can bereadily seen and the desired strip easily chosen. The ends of the paperpass under the cutter, and when the desired quantity has been drawn outthe cutter is held against the shelf 13 of the casing by one hand whilethe paper is drawn against the cutter by the other hand, therebysevering it, as will be readily understood. lower rollers G are arrangedin rear of the corresponding upper rollers F, so that the end of eachroll of paper will be carried rearward and downward in order that anyone strip may be drawn out without exerting a frictional contact on theadjacent strip sufficient to draw the said strip out at the same time.Then the supply of paperhas been exhausted, the knife can be raisedslightly to be utilized as a handle to draw the rack from the casing.The upper rollers are removably journaled in the side bars of the rack,so that they can be removed to permit the easy insertion of the rolls ofpaper, and they are provided with looking devices (not shown) to preventtheir being withdrawn prematurely.

My device is very simple, and its advantages will be readilyappreciated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination of the casing, the rack sliding horizontally therein,and the vertically-swinging cutter pivoted to the front end of the rack,as set forth.

2. The combination of the casing having an open front end and providedwith a shelf B extending beyond said end, the rack sliding horizontallyin the casing, and the cutter pivoted to the front end of the rack andadapted to rest on the shelf B, as set forth.

3. The combination of the casing and the rack sliding horizontallytherein and carrying the paper, the said rack consisting of the sidebars D, the rollers F, journaled in said side bars near the upper edgesof the same, and the rollers G, journaled in the side bars near thelower edges thereof and in rear of the rollers F, substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

IVALTER S. REYNOLDS.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. BROOKSON, Jim. 13. BOOK.

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